Our Donors

Corporate, foundation and organization supporters

Many thanks to these generous supporters of City Lights! Here’s a partial list.

Additional support comes from these friends of City Lights:
The Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust
Kieve Foundation

Individual Donors

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The Inspiration Circle ($75,000+)

  • City Of San Jose, Office Cultural Affairs
  • Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch
  • The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
  • The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • State of California, Shuttered Venues Grant
  • US Small Business Administration; Shuttered Venues Operators Grant

The Trailblazers ($50,000+)

  • Urban Community

The Groundbreakers ($25,000+)

  • The Shubert Foundation

The Innovators ($10,000+)

  • Applied Materials Foundation
  • Armanino LLP
  • Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
  • Lauren Doyle
  • Google Corporation
  • Google Matching Gifts
  • Silicon Valley Creates
  • Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan

The Game Changers ($5,000+)

  • Adobe Employee Matching Program
  • Constance & Paul Boulay
  • Rich Braugh
  • Richard & Peggy James
  • Jonathan Karpf and Kathleen Zaretsky*
  • Kuechler-Montes De Oca Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
  • Charlie McCollum
  • Sandra Moll and Rick Holden
  • Clint Moore
  • Rotary Club of San Jose
  • Michelle Singh
  • Geri Weimers
  • Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

The Movers & Shakers ($2,500+)

  • Apple Matching Gifts Fund
  • Cheryl Booton and Bob Mannell
  • Rick & Violet Boyle
  • Karen DeHart
  • Caitlin Papp
  • Matt & Samantha Resch
  • Carl & Marianne Salas
  • San Jose Water Company
  • Larry & Carmen Stone

The Engagers ($1000+)

  • Niall Adler
  • Deb and Paul Anderson
  • Rachel & Tom Bakker
  • Cheryl Barker
  • Barry Swenson Builder
  • Tom and Larel Bondi
  • Kristin Brownstone
  • Steven & Karin Chase
  • Sarah Clish*
  • Community Wealth Patners
  • Dianne Daly, in memory of John G. Daly
  • The Joel Dean Foundation
  • Pat Diamond, in memory of Robert Diamond
  • Scott Ellis
  • Dan Flynn
  • Kevin and Noelle GM Gibbs
  • The Goldfeldt Fund
  • Phil and Diane Griego, in honor of Carl Cookson
  • David & Kate Gross
  • Erik Gutfeldt & Deb Goldeen
  • Benjamin Hemmen
  • Dan Hill
  • Cayce Hill & Joe Zullo
  • Anonymous
  • Skip Huffman & Josie Burgin Lawson
  • The Ironman Foundation
  • Eric Jacobsen
  • Sandra Jozefowicz
  • The Kieve Foundation (in memory of Carl Cookson)
  • Ken Krechmer & Elaine Baskin
  • Phil Kurjan Fund, a donor advised fund
  • Kate & Tim Leehane
  • Aaron & Kathy Loeb
  • Scott Mangelson & Heidi Tucker
  • Maria & Steve Marquis
  • Marc & Laura McGeever
  • Lyle Merithew and Sandy Swirsky
  • Gillian Moran
  • Ross Nelson*
  • Maryellen Petrich*
  • John & Amanda Straigis
  • Anita Kapadia and Feroze Taraporevala
  • TheatreDNA
  • The Thermond Philanthropy Fund
  • Carol & Dan Turner*
  • Patricia Tyler & Ben Marks
  • Nancy Wheeler

The Dreamers ($500+)

  • Martha C. Beattie
  • Dena Behnam
  • Susan Benjamin
  • Jason and Laura Bennert
  • Gary & Janice Cherrier
  • Rosalee and Bob Clarke*
  • Mary P. Curtis & Michael Miller
  • Chris del Pilar
  • Ivette Deltoro
  • Jerald Enos
  • William Ereneta*
  • Martin & Barbara Fishman
  • Barbara Fraser
  • Carol Garvey
  • The Goldman/Singer Family Fund
  • John and Barbara Harriman
  • Angie Higgins & Tom Shamrell
  • The Hunter-Garcia Family Donor Advised Fund
  • James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
  • Johnny & Katie Kolasinski
  • Terry & Bill Krivan
  • Nicole Letellier
  • Amoreena Lucero*
  • Cliff Maas
  • Judith Marlin
  • Christine Mengarelli and Dale Elliott
  • Jason Molenda
  • Douglas and Julia Moore
  • Barbara Murray*
  • Daniel Pappone
  • Peralta Painting
  • Cheryl Pittenger, in honor of Christy Martin
  • James Reber
  • Glenn Reed
  • Barbara Reynolds
  • Michael Rhone
  • Sempra Engery Matching Fund
  • Ellen and Bryan Shaner*
  • David Taylor
  • XL Construction
  • Susan Zaslaw and Martin Liss*

The Doers ($250+)

  • Kerry Adams-Hapner
  • Amalia and John Alban
  • Amazon Smile Program
  • Ameriprise Employee Giving Program
  • Nancy & Clayton Bavor
  • Patricia Clinkenbeard
  • Darryl and Carolyn Compton
  • Virginia Drake
  • Richard Enos & Don Gaskin
  • John Gilbert
  • The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
  • Kenneth Gott
  • Tom Gough and Luisa Sermol
  • Marcie Gugenheim
  • Gary Hubbard
  • Intel Matching Gifts
  • Julia Jones
  • Keith Garvey Good Democrat Foundation
  • Cathy & Kevin Kimball
  • Jan Laskowski
  • Roy Leonard
  • Sue Ann Lorig
  • Tom MaCrostie
  • Lisa Mallette
  • Gary & Debbi Maxwell
  • Walter Mayes*
  • Mary & Robin Melnick
  • Charlie & Jean Platner Mendoza
  • Karen Altree Piemme
  • Amy and Sal Pizarro
  • DeAnna Pursai
  • Joanna Rauh
  • April Durrett & Matthew Reilly
  • The Eddie Reynolds & Hernan Correa Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
  • Elizabeth Santana
  • Don and Barbara Snyder
  • Victoria Taketa
  • Meg & Art Taylor
  • Jon Tracy

The Believers ($100+)

  • Richard Ajluni
  • Robert B. Ames
  • Linda Anderson
  • Marty Bamburg
  • Marv & Bonnie Bamburg
  • Thomas Becker
  • Vinita Belani
  • Jan & Mike Bergkamp
  • Iris Berke
  • Lisa Beyersdoerfer
  • Kirsten Brandt
  • Lynne Brown
  • Lisa Buchanan
  • Alyssa Byrkit
  • Robert Campbell
  • Barbara Canup
  • Lou Caputo & Rose Eufinger Charitable Trust
  • Constance Carpenter
  • John & Agnes Caulfield
  • Anna Chase
  • Helen Cockrum
  • Trami Cron
  • Randy Cross
  • D’Ann Darling
  • Kristi Dasilva
  • Bill and Alicia Davidovich
  • Jill Davis
  • Jane Decker
  • Jerry Di Salvo, in memory of Phyllis Di Salvo
  • Ramon & Jennifer Diaz-Arrastia
  • Delaine Eastin
  • eBay Foundation
  • AJ Eiserloh & Emily Schwing
  • Steve Ellenberg
  • Karen English
  • Derek Foster
  • Ron Gasparinetti & Steve Cortopassi
  • Steven & Dawn Gerdt
  • Barbara Goldstein
  • Karri Greenfield
  • Mike Hale
  • Judith Hammerschmidt
  • Scott Harline & Karyn Rondeau
  • Nicole Hawkins
  • Kathleen Haydel
  • Denise & Jim Heick
  • David Heine & Chrisula Bloore
  • Laura Henderson and Jason Silva
  • Rose & John Henderson
  • Brian and Jocelyn Herndon
  • Jena & Luke Hohmann
  • Will Huddleston
  • Mohamed Ismail & Jessica Whittemore
  • Russell Johnson
  • Gus Kambeitz
  • Kathleen Kawakami
  • Pam Kelly
  • KKR
  • Chelsea Knoblauch
  • Harvey & Perla Kohs, in memory of Rose Kohs
  • Sandra Krakowski
  • Jon Kull
  • William Lakatos
  • Dirk Leatherman
  • Dane K. Lentz
  • George J. Leonard
  • Karen Leonard
  • Josie LeRoy
  • Colleen & Brian Lewis
  • Jim Lewis
  • Samuel Liccardo
  • Robin & Thomas Liston
  • Thomas & Nancy Lucid
  • Linda Mallette and Dominick Libonati
  • Nick Mandracchia
  • Linda & Ronald Martin
  • Susan & Charles Martin
  • Derek McCaw
  • Justina McSherry & Gary Hiron
  • Micron Technology
  • Lisa K. Miller
  • E Mireault
  • Michael Mitnick, in honor of Lisa Mallette
  • Steven Nakano
  • Lucretia Nelson
  • Richard Newton
  • Lisa Nolan
  • Michael Norris
  • Guy & Vikki Norton
  • Molly & James Olivas
  • Pintuna Inc.
  • Basab Pradhan
  • Uriel Rahamim
  • Deborah & Michael Regalbuto
  • Jorge Reyes
  • Barbara Sancen
  • Tom & Carol Shall, in honor of Christy Martin
  • Joe Singer*
  • Jan Smick
  • Andrew Smith
  • Harold & Linda Spencer
  • Laura Sternberg
  • Christina Sturken
  • Susan Suffel
  • In honor of LTC & Mrs John Swensson: USA, Ret
  • Lynn Telford
  • Donna Terman
  • Patricia Toft
  • Victoria Tran Sood
  • Cat Tucker
  • Loui Tucker and Sabine Zappe
  • Varian Medical Systems Matching Gifts
  • Dorene Vettel
  • Virginia Walbot
  • Shannon Wass
  • Nancy & Bob Weeks
  • Roxanne Worlock
  • David & Julie Yick-Koppel
  • Paul and Anne Younan
  • La Donna Yumori- Kaku & Mike Kaku
  • Noenu Zarlez
  • Christine Zillman

*Sustained Giving Program

Those donors marked with an asterisk (*) are members of City Lights’ Sustained Giving Program, and have their donations charged automatically each month to provide invaluable, ongoing support throughout the year.

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